Mike's Tech Blog

Bond Ground Rods with Exothermic Welding

At work, I recently put in a ground system for our new translator, which requires a good ground system. A critical part of that is properly bonding the copper ground wires to the ground rod. The best way to do that is exothermic welding.

Ubuntu Equivalent of IPconfig

Operating Systems - Ubuntu Linux

Since I am using Ubuntu more, and windows less, I still need to know how to view and restart network settings in Ubuntu, as well as to be able to easily view the network settings in Ubuntu, along the lines of the windows ipconfig /all command.

Connect an Ubuntu computer to a Network Server at Login

Operating Systems - Ubuntu Linux

When I login to my Ubuntu computer, I like it to automatically connect to, or mount to my server. Once this is set up, all of my data that is on the server is easily accessible. This works for an Ubuntu server that is using NFS,

Get IPcop's VPN To Work With Vista and Windows 7

Networking - IPcop

In a previous article, I showed how to set up IPcop's VPN using Zerina for computers running windows XP. However since Microsoft released Vista, and later Windows 7,